Josh Allen rushed for 2 touchdowns, Buffalo’s protection pressured three turnovers and the Payments superior to the AFC championship recreation with a 27-25 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday evening.
The Payments held on when a wide-open Mark Andrews dropped a two-point conversion cross from Lamar Jackson, permitting the ball to bounce off his chest with 1:33 left. Jackson had linked with a sliding Isaiah Probably for a 24-yard landing on the earlier play to provide the Ravens an opportunity to tie.
The Payments superior to the AFC championship recreation subsequent Sunday towards the convention’s high seed, the two-time defending Tremendous Bowl champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Buffalo snapped a three-year run of being eradicated within the divisional spherical. It’s a well-recognized matchup for Buffalo, who’ve been eradicated by Kansas Metropolis in three of the previous 4 postseasons. The Payments closed their season an ideal 10-0 at house. That included a 30-21 win over the beforehand unbeaten Chiefs in Week 11.
Allen scored on runs of 1 and 4 yards whereas Ray Davis additionally scored on a one-yard run. Tyler Bass hit each discipline objective makes an attempt, together with a 21-yarder with 3:29 left after the Payments stalled at Baltimore’s two-yard line. That drive was arrange by the Ravens’ third turnover, when linebacker Terrel Bernard stripped the ball from Andrews on the Buffalo 44.
The Ravens had one of many NFL’s most efficient offenses within the common season however fell a win wanting reaching the convention title recreation, which they misplaced to the Chiefs a yr in the past. Scrutiny of Jackson’s playoff performances will enhance as he fell to 3-5 within the postseason. He had two first-half turnovers on this loss, throwing an interception and shedding a fumble, though opinions would have been completely different if Andrews had clung on to the two-point conversion.
Baltimore fell to 5-8 within the divisional spherical, together with 1-4 of their final 5 appearances.
The Payments continued enjoying complementary soccer to beat a patchwork protection and an offense that didn’t have a receiver attain 900 yards this season. Buffalo completed the common season with a league-best plus-24 turnover differential. That continued on Sunday with a turnover-free recreation from Allen and the Payments that was simply adequate to see them advance.
